Solomon and Stem Cells: California's Stem Cell Agency Is Slicing and Dicing Cash and Research Decisions

California's stem cell agency gave away $14 million this month, which could be described as less than a drop in its $3 billion bucket.

But the talk at the agency's awards meeting July 19 was not about largess. Instead it was about the lack of cash, lack of time and the need to split "babies" and "buckets."

"We are going to have to make some hard choices t…